At least two folks have been killed, together with a scholar, in a “main” crash involving a faculty bus carrying prekindergarten youngsters that occurred on a Texas freeway Friday, in accordance with a regulation enforcement official.
A passenger automobile and a concrete truck have been additionally concerned within the crash, in accordance with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The fatalities embody a male scholar who was touring on the bus and a person who was driving a Dodge Charger, Texas DPS spokesperson Deon Cockrell confirmed to ABC News.
A DPS trooper appears at a faculty bus crash in Bastrop County, Texas, March 22, 2024.
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The “main visitors occasion” occurred on State Highway 21 West at Caldwell Road early Friday afternoon, in accordance with the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office.
Based on preliminary data, the college bus was touring west on the freeway round 2 p.m. native time when a concrete truck touring within the different course “veered into the lane of the college bus,” Cockrell informed reporters throughout a press briefing. The concrete truck struck the entrance of the bus and the bus turned over onto its facet, he mentioned.
The passenger automobile concerned within the crash was touring behind the bus, Cockrell mentioned.
Fifty-three folks have been evaluated by first responders on the crash scene, Austin-Travis County EMS Division Chief Kevin Parker informed reporters.
Among them, 4 folks have been transported by way of helicopter in important situation, Parker mentioned. It’s unclear which automobile they have been touring in, he mentioned.
Six folks have been additionally transported by way of floor with “probably critical accidents,” Parker mentioned.
A boy is transported from a deadly college bus crash in Bastrop County, Texas, March 22, 2024.
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Among the remaining folks evaluated, some had minor accidents and have been transported by way of floor whereas others didn’t require transport, he mentioned.
The bus was carrying prekindergarten college students from Tom Green Elementary School in Hays County, the Hays Consolidated Independent School District mentioned in a press launch. They have been getting back from a subject journey to the Bastrop Zoo when the “critical accident” occurred, in accordance with the discharge.
Fifty-five folks — together with 44 college students and 11 adults — have been on the bus in whole, in accordance with the college district.
ABC News’ Samira Said and Bonnie McLean contributed to this report.
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